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03-23-2014, 08:47 AM

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Tartan

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Are you thinking of QAYG(quilt as you go)? If you quilt each block before joining them, it is going to be a little tricky to sew them together after but not impossible. Keep the quilting back a good inch all around the edge of each block. This will let you pull back the batt and backing to sew the quilt block fronts together after quilting. Once the edges of the blocks are all machine joined in the front, you will trim the batt edges so they lay flat ( butting against each other) you can join them by ironing batting tape along the crack. A thin strip of thin fusible will work too if you can't find batting tape. Once that is done, you can hand stitch the backing squares edges together.

To get the quilt design onto the center of the white part, there are a number of ways. You can mark the the design on a stack of tissue paper squares and staple the 4 corners together. Put a dull needle in you machine (without any thread) and stitch over the design through several pieces of the tissue. Remove the staples and you will have several copies of the quilting design. Pin the design to each prepared quilt sandwich block and quilt the design. You can then gently pull off the tissue paper. This method allows you to follow the design but won't leave any MARKINGS if your FMQ isn't perfect.

You can also QAYG in sections or strips so you have less joining to do after quilting. I think I might do 2 blocks wide down the whole length of the quilt. Easy to get into the machine and quilt but you would only have to sew 4 or 6 strips together depending on the size of the quilt.
If this wasn't what you were asking, never mind.

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